Cartridge-carrier



Nu. 6H,l72. Patented Sept; 20, I898.

T. E. JACKSON.

CARTRIDGE CARRIER.

(Application filed Aug. 23, 1897.)

(No Model.)

UNITED gTENT rrr cn.

THOMAS EDGAR JACKSON, or BRIllR FIELD, ALABAMA;

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o; 611,172, dated September20, 1898. Application filed August 23, 1897. Serial No. 649,127. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS EDGAR J ACK- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America,

extracted as required with convenience and expedition.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is ageneral View illustrating theapplication of my device. Fig. 2 is'a View on an enlarged scale of mydevice detached. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the magazine, and Fig. 4 isa similar View of the lower or discharge end of the magazine.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings,

1 indicates a belt of any suitable or ordinary construction providedwith suitable adjustable securing means-as, for instance, a pair ofsmall perforated straps 2, designed to be engaged by a pair of buckles3, carried at the opposite extremity of the belt.

4. indicates a yoke designed in practice to extend between the shouldersof the wearer, and to the front ends 5 and 6 of which are secured a pairof front suspension-straps 7 and 8, adjustable in length, as by buckles9, and secured at their opposite ends to the belt 1, adjacent to itsextremities.

10 indicates a small leather pouch or bag designed for the reception ofloose cartridges, and 11 indicates a pocket formed upon the strap 8,immediately above the pouch 10, and designed particularly for carrying aswab or other appurtenance of the firearm.

12 indicates a magazine consisting of an elongated chamber or pocketsecured upon the strap 7 andextending from the bottom of the belt to anydesired height, and the front wall of which is formed from a suitableleather strip extending upward alongside of the strap 7 and provided atits upper end with a buckle 13, designed to receive the extremity of'thestrap 7, whereby said buckle performs adouble function of means foradjustably securing said strap and for closing the upper secured, as bya thong 14, passing through the loop and the strap 7, as illustrated.

let indicates the discharge endof the magazine, which is preferablydisposed at an angle with respect to the magazine proper and is formedby a metallic casing 15, provided with a cartridge-opening 17 in itsfront Wall adjacent to its lower end and with a finger-opening 18through its end wall 19 and correlative with a finger-recess 20, formedin the bottom 21 of said casing.

22 indicates a slide movable in ways 23, located along the oppositesides of the casing and designed to control the cartridge for thepurpose of preventing or permitting the removal of a cartridge, asdesired.

Itwill be observed that the cartridge may be introduced on the upper endof the magazine by raising the loop and buckle securing the parts, orthat they maybe introduced one at a time and in reverse order throughthe cartridge-opening in the discharge-casing,the latter method ofintroduction being, perhaps, the preferable one. It is obvious,likewise, that any suitable means for ejecting the cartridges maybeprovided-as, for instance, a

spring-plungerbut I prefer to employ a metallic weight designed to belocated above the cartridge contained in the magazine and tending by itsweight to force them successively to the lower extremity of thedischarge-casing and immediately under the cartridgeopening.

It will be observed that when it is desired to extract a cartridge it issimply necessary to retract the slide and by inserting the fingerthrough the finger-aperture and recess described to lift the cartridgefrom the magazine. The next succeeding cartridge will then gravitate tothe position previously occupied by the one removed, and the operationmay be continued until the magazine is emptied.

' 25 indicates a spring designed to retain the slide in a closedposition, although under ordinary circumstances the slide wouldgravitate normally to this position by its own weight.

26 indicates a back-strap depending from the lower edge of the yoke ator about its center and adjustably secured to the center of the belt, asby a buckle 27. 28 indicates a tab likewise secured to the back of theyoke and designed to constitute a securing means for a cleaning-casin g,(not illustrated,) which may be carried by the device when desired.

By the construction illustrated and described it will be seen that Ihave produced a cartridge-belt which may be carried upon the person withcomfort and carrying a large number of cartridges, which may be readilyremoved as desired without danger.

While the present embodiment of my invention appears at this time to bepreferable, I do not desire to limit myself to the structural detailsset out, but reserve the right to change, modify, or vary them at willwithin the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- F 1. The combination with a magazine provided with a downwardly-inclined discharge end, of a slide covering thedischarge-openin g therein, and a spring cooperating with the slide tohold the latter in position to normally close the discharge-opening,substantially as specified. r

2. The combination with a belt, yoke, and suspension straps, a magazineextending along one of said snspensiou-straps and connected thereto, aslanting discharge-casing at the lower end of said magazine having adisoharge-openingin its upper side, and a springpressed slide normallycovering the dischargeopening, substantially as specified.

3. In a magazine of the characterdescribed, the combination with anelongated casing, of a discharge-casing extending obliquely from one endthereof and having a transverse discharge-opening in its upper side, aslide de signed to cover said opening, and a finger-aperture in thelower side of the casing opposite the slide, substantiallyas specified.

4:. The combination with a suspension-strap designed to be supportedupon the body of the wearer, of a vertical elongated magazine forcartridges, having a flexible strip extending upward from the upper endthereof and adjustably secured to the suspension-strap, and alsoextending lengthwise thereof, a sliding loop surrounding said strap andstrip, and securing means for holding said sliding loop, for closing theupper end of the magazine, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specicfiation in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS EDGAR JACKSON.

W'itnesses:

J. W. JAoKsoN, II. C. REYNOLDS, Jr.

